Black/Afrikan People Need to Fling Something on PETA!

[nattyreb]

Here they go again!

[G.O.D.F.A.T.H.A.]

Kennel club & pedigree dog breeders to me equals a snobbery, ego/greedy inflated business,where profit comes before animal welfare. CRUFTS is the most obscene televised 'event' of the year. Dogs are not toys or possessions/merchandise. Vile puppy farms well overtake any so-called 'responsible' breeding. Dog breeding of any kind is just a dirty business period. I loathe and never use the word pet because it lacks respect.

[nattyreb]

Granted, Bro., but these people have no business equating that in any way, shape or form to the terrorism that the KKK inflicted upon our ancestors, the bombings, lynchings, burnings, decapitations, castrations, torture, dismemberment, disembowelment, gang rape, forced labor, generational subservience and subhuman groveling, the "breeding" was not comparable, i could go on forever as you know. They, once again, have overstepped, way overstepped. i hate PETA.

Kennel club & pedigree dog breeders to me equals a snobbery, ego/greedy inflated business,where profit comes before animal welfare. CRUFTS is the most obscene televised 'event' of the year. Dogs are not toys or possessions/merchandise. Vile puppy farms well overtake any so-called 'responsible' breeding. Dog breeding of any kind is just a dirty business period. I loathe and never use the word pet because it lacks respect.

[MsLioness]

I am one who is against oppression.

I think its eurocentric to act like that. To find it okay to kidnap, then hold a subject hostage and abuse the subject and give them foreign food and a foreign environment until you break them in.... its like the quest of the european. let that subject act as the subject should act, the master puts it to sleep.

i think all of this fanatic pet having is awfully eurocentric. my mind wont let me separate it from the same behavior they had against our ancestors, with the exception that they, are trying to make the dog or animal more human-like....they made our forefathers act as dogs, horses, and animals. and when they acted like a dignified human being, they were murdered.

its a whole issue of production for maximum profit.

[nattyreb]

Well, i'm against the abuse of animals but i'm not against people having animals and caring well for them.

Even more, though, is that i'm against the idea that the impact of the KKK on our people -- robbing us of thousands of men and women whose intellectualism, genius, creativity, dynamism, strength, fearlessness, extreme kindness, cures, inventions, etc., as well as the lost generations of children *they* would have created, not to mention the fear the KKK engendered in many of our people to this very day and may have very well changed the course of the world as we know it -- could be compared in any way with the abusive actions of the AKC.

I am one who is against oppression.

I think its eurocentric to act like that. To find it okay to kidnap, then hold a subject hostage and abuse the subject and give them foreign food and a foreign environment until you break them in.... its like the quest of the european. let that subject act as the subject should act, the master puts it to sleep.

i think all of this fanatic pet having is awfully eurocentric. my mind wont let me separate it from the same behavior they had against our ancestors, with the exception that they, are trying to make the dog or animal more human-like....they made our forefathers act as dogs, horses, and animals. and when they acted like a dignified human being, they were murdered.

its a whole issue of production for maximum profit.

[Walk Wit Me]

I don't see anything wrong with this.

but I could definitely understand why someone would, its not that serious though.

Anyone with a basic understanding of biology knows that technically we're all animals, we all come from the same source. As we mature intellectually we become more aware of our connection with every living being on Earth. Dogs and Homo sapians share a common ancestor somewhere down the line..... we can't let a few ignorant racist bigots change the way we view this information.

that is unless we believe in myths of Adam and eve (or space aliens)......then of course....we're gods children and science is a complete lie.

[GoodTimes]

All I got to say about Peta is, I wish the fuck they would throw some paint on me!

www.petakillsanimals.com

[nattyreb]

Yeah, except we fought far too long to be distinguished from animals, and are still viewed as subhuman to this day. PETA has never had any regard for Our Story, these mf's have compared the burning lynchings of our people to FRYING CHICKEN!!

i'm not trying to make an argument for argument's sake, but i just want y'all to be really clear on what you're expressing solidarity with, just for the benefit of those who may not know.



PETA uses KKK imagery at dog show protest - Westminster Dog Show- nbcsports.msnbc.com

[Fenix]

It is a terrible display of sensationalism. The sad part is that it worked. People are talking about it. People are up in arms about it and PETA has the attention that it wanted.

Let me state that I am in NO way excusing the blatant disregard for my ancestors' suffering. NOT at all. But the simple fact is, PETA pulls something like this whenever they are out of the press/off the radar because it gets people talking and thinking about them. Racism will always be the springboard for any discussion of inequality or exploitation.

Sadly, they think they're doing some good in the world. Sadly.

I must admit that I find this interesting. I had a professor who was repulsed and disgusted by the way that yt treats their "pets". Dressing them up, feeding them at the table, kissing them, etc. He would ALWAYS make statements about it in class. Finally I asked him about it and he said that he views it as a parallel to slavery because the white man will always feel some sick need to bestow his "benevolent grace and mercy" on "animals" that he feels are lower than him.

The dog shows and PETA's behavior are, in my opinion, perfect examples of this.

[nattyreb]

Whew! i appreciate y'all's points and agree that, yeah, the white man really does have a god complex over all he surveys -- the AKC, the KKK and alla them. That's where the comparison ends, IMO.

i agree that these are publicity stunts, and yes, PETA got attention from this, but what types of people are they drawing to them with these types of activities? Altho it's said that even bad publicity is good, their propaganda does not engender good will and cheapens their campaign. Beyond this, PETA aren't just pro-animal, they are anti-human. There is no balance in what they do, they are waaay over the top just in general.

i wish i could unite with y'all but i just can't intellectualize, philosophize something so blatantly wrong as this, i can't downplay it, i still believe in righteous indignation. Is there no line in the sand as to what is just plain unacceptable? Somewhere an example has to be set, sometimes an example needs to be made of. IMO.

It is a terrible display of sensationalism. The sad part is that it worked. People are talking about it. People are up in arms about it and PETA has the attention that it wanted.

Let me state that I am in NO way excusing the blatant disregard for my ancestors' suffering. NOT at all. But the simple fact is, PETA pulls something like this whenever they are out of the press/off the radar because it gets people talking and thinking about them. Racism will always be the springboard for any discussion of inequality or exploitation.

Sadly, they think they're doing some good in the world. Sadly.

I must admit that I find this interesting. I had a professor who was repulsed and disgusted by the way that yt treats their "pets". Dressing them up, feeding them at the table, kissing them, etc. He would ALWAYS make statements about it in class. Finally I asked him about it and he said that he views it as a parallel to slavery because the white man will always feel some sick need to bestow his "benevolent grace and mercy" on "animals" that he feels are lower than him.

The dog shows and PETA's behavior are, in my opinion, perfect examples of this.